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Harvey Hart | |
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| Born | (1928-03-19)March 19, 1928 |
| Died | November 22, 1989(1989-11-22) (aged 61) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Television director Television producer |
| Years active | 1952–1989 |
Harvey Hart (March 19, 1928 – November 22, 1989) was a Canadiantelevision andfilm director and atelevision producer.[1]
Hart studied at theUniversity of Toronto before being hired by theCBC in 1952.[2] For them he created over 30 television productions, among them several episodes of an anthology series,Festival, likeHome of the Brave (1961) andThe Luck of Ginger Coffey (1961), adaptations of a1946 play and1960 novel.
In 1963 he left the CBC and moved to theUnited States, where, in the following years, he directed episodes for TV series such asThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour andStar Trek, as well as theatrical features, includingBus Riley's Back in Town (1965) andThe Sweet Ride (1968).[2]
He moved back to Toronto in 1970 where he directed several feature films, includingFortune and Men's Eyes (1971),The Pyx (1973),Shoot (1976) andGoldenrod (1976), for which he won theCanadian Screen Award for Best Director.[3] In the mid 1970s Hart directed four episodes ofColumbo:By Dawn's Early Light (1974),A Deadly State of Mind (1975),Forgotten Lady (1975), andNow You See Him (1976).
He continued splitting his time between film work in Canada and television work inLos Angeles throughout the 1980s. He received aGolden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film for the mini-seriesEast of Eden (1981)[4] and aGemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for the television crime-drama filmPassion and Paradise (1989).
Harvey Hart died of a heart attack in 1989.[2][4]
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